{"product_id":"9780063035805","title":"The American Adventuress: A Novel","description":"Author: C. W. Gortner\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780063035805\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Oct 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"No one writes bright, bold, bad, and beautiful women of history like C.W. Gortner, and he outdoes himself with his latest heroine: Jennie Jerome, American heiress, royal mistress, and mother of Winston Churchill. \u003cem\u003eThe American Adventuress\u003c\/em\u003e shines on every page with Jennie's irrepressible thirst for adventure, love, and everything else life has to offer!\" -- Kate Quinn, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rose Code\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Jennie Jerome Churchill, mother of Winston, a New York born heiress who always lived life on her own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaughter of New York financier Leonard Jerome, Jennie was born into wealth—and scandal. Upon her parents’ separation, her mother took Jennie and her sisters to Paris, where Mrs. Jerome was determined to marry her daughters into the most elite families. The glamorous city became their tumultuous finishing school until it fell to revolt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFleeing to Queen Victoria’s England, Jennie soon caught the eye of aristocrat Randolph Spencer-Churchill, son of the Duke of Marlborough, one of Britain’s loftiest peers. It was love at first sight, their unconventional marriage driven by mutual ambition and the birth of two sons. Undeterred by premature widowhood or society’s rigid expectations, Jennie brashly carried on a lifelong intimate friendship with Edward, Prince of Wales—a notorious bon vivant—and had two later marriages to younger men. When her son Winston launched his brilliant political career, Jennie guided him to success, his most vocal and valuable supporter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns scandalous, tragic, and exciting, Jennie Jerome lived an unconventional life full of defiance—one that enshrined her as an American adventuress.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46566864093342,"sku":"HPC-9780063035805","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780063035805.jpg?v=1772167369","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780063035805","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}